Vase
Artist: Chunghi Choo (Korean, born 1938)
Date: 1986
Dimensions:
18 x 7 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (45.7 x 19.7 x 9.2 cm)
Medium: Electroformed copper, silverplate
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society
Object number: 1996.10
Label Text:In order to achieve the fluidity of form she envisioned, Chunghi Choo developed an industrial electroforming process for studio use, building her vessels in copper on a wax model, then silver-plating them. The sweeping movements characteristic of the traditional Chinese calligraphy brush, which Choo admired, have been transformed here into a three-dimensional, flowing, organic vessel shape. The graceful upward swing of the handles is airily dismissive of their practical function.
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